Mom's Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 3/4 cups flour, sifted
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 7 eggs, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 combine boiling water and cocoa. stir until smooth. set aside to cool.
• 2 sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl. make a well in the center and add oil, egg yolks, cooled cocoa mixture, and vanilla, in that order. beat slightly with each addition; after all are added, beat until smooth.
• 3 in a separate large bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until very stiff peaks form.
• 4 slowly pour the chocolate mixtre over the eggwhites in a thin stream fold gently until well blended.
• 5 bake in an ungreased 10" tube pan for 55 minutes at 325°f then increase heat to 350°f and bake for another 10 minutes.
• 6 invert pan and cool. ice with chocolate icing, if desired.